Appen
Long-running AI data company that recruits independent contractors for project-based recording, rating and annotation work.
On , Appen listed 54 open AI training roles; the median listed hourly rate was $36, from 11 roles.
Updated
Entry: open · 54 roles today · checked 26 October 2026
Listed hourly pay, Appen against the whole list
Share of roles in each $10 step of the hourly rate. $0 to $10: 0%, $10 to $20: 0%, $20 to $30: 9%, $30 to $40: 45%, $40 to $50: 18%, $50 to $60: 18%, $60 to $70: 0%, $70 to $80: 0%, $80 to $90: 0%, $90 to $100: 0%, $100 to $110: 9%, $110 to $120: 0%, $120 to $130: 0%, $130 to $140: 0%, $140 to $150: 0%, $150 or more: 0%. Median $36, middle half $34 to $48, from 11 rates. Grey bars, all 23 platforms, 1,613 roles: $0 to $10: 7%, $10 to $20: 11%, $20 to $30: 13%, $30 to $40: 7%, $40 to $50: 10%, $50 to $60: 7%, $60 to $70: 13%, $70 to $80: 5%, $80 to $90: 4%, $90 to $100: 5%, $100 to $110: 5%, $110 to $120: 4%, $120 to $130: 2%, $130 to $140: 1%, $140 to $150: <1%, $150 or more: 8%.
How applying works
- On this site
Pick a role here
Each row below opens the role page on this site, with the link to the posting on Appen. 42 more are paid per task.
- On Appen's site
Apply on Appen's page
You apply on Appen's own page. The list is read again every day.
- Not checked first-hand
What happens next
Each posting links to its application on Appen's Lever board.
Reliability and pay index
Our own numbers for Appen, read on 26 October 2026, and what we found about pay and complaints, each with its source.
Is Appen legit?
Yes. Appen is a real company that has run AI data projects for many years, and it posts its contractor roles on its own Lever job board, which this site reads every day.
| Open roles today | 54 |
|---|---|
| Open roles with an hourly rate in the median | 11 of 54 |
| Median listed hourly rate | $36/hr |
| Median by field | Languages $36/hr (every field) |
| Half of the open roles were posted at least | 26 days ago |
| Open roles posted more than 30 days ago | 23 of 54 |
| Roles taken off the list since 9 October 2026 | 8, all already open when our record began |
What Appen says about pay
- The Appen postings we read say how much a task pays, but not how or when the money is sent. Ask before you start. (Appen job board (Lever), read 18 Oct)
Reviews and complaints
Trustpilot: 1.3 out of 5 from 374 reviews, read on 18 Oct. The company has not asked for reviews recently, so Trustpilot says they may not be representative. (Trustpilot)
- One-star reviews report pay below the agreed rate and hours left unpaid. (Trustpilot, appen.com, read 18 Oct)
- Others describe accounts held under review for months, access ended without a clear reason, and a project dashboard with no work. (Trustpilot, appen.com, read 18 Oct)
The ten platforms with the most open roles on 18 October 2026 get the same checks, in the same layout.
Open Appen roles
The 30 newest of the 54 roles on Appen's public portal today. The button under the list opens all 54 in the finder.
The strip under each rate: the listed range on a ruler from $0 to $150; the tick is the median of the whole list, $50
The review
What Appen is
Appen is a long-running AI data company that pays remote contractors to record, collect, transcribe and translate speech and language data, in many languages. Its openings are on a Lever job board (api.lever.co).
Who it hires
On 2026-10-09 the board listed 54 independent-contractor roles: 13 voice recording roles, 13 speech collection roles, 12 mobile device data collection roles and 9 transcription roles, plus a few others. The work suits speakers of a given language or dialect more than high-end experts.
Pay
Pay is per unit, per session or per hour, and it varies a lot by task. Examples from single postings: voice recording at about $0.030 per unit, mobile device data collection at $2 to $5 and up to $17 to $43 per session, a Kansai dialect speaker at $40, a Thai translation role at $25 and a Vietnamese validator at $10.50 per hour.
Countries
Each role is tied to a language or locale, and the posting names its place.
Is Appen legit?
Yes. Appen is an established data company with many years in the business, and it posts its roles on its own board.
Strong points
- Accessible tasks in many languages, including smaller ones.
- Some postings state the amount in the text.
What to watch out for
- Work out the hourly figure before you start: per-unit rates such as $0.030 and per-session pay can come to little per hour.
- Read the pay in the posting text. The salary field holds per-unit amounts (the values seen were 15 labelled one-time, 0.03 and 0.01), not hourly rates.
- Expect short, task-style work.
- Ask how and when you will be paid: the postings read do not say.
On this site
Appen roles are read from the public Lever feed once a day and shown in a separate "Language and voice work" section, without the salary field. The apply button goes to Appen's own page.
Head to head
What the open roles ask for
The titles that come back most are Mobile device data collection (11), (9) and Mandarin chinese (3). The rest have titles of their own, 30 different titles in all. By type of engagement: contract (54).
22 of the 54 roles are open from anywhere. Where countries are named, the most common are United States (3), Argentina (2), Taiwan (2) and Malaysia (2). 53 ask for a work language other than English: Spanish (8), Arabic (6) and Chinese (5).
By field, the roles sit mostly in Languages (54).
What the roles list per hour
Of the 54 roles, 11 show an hourly rate in US dollars. The median is $36 an hour, and the middle half runs from $34 to $48.
For every open AI training role the median is $50, so this platform sits below it.
42 list a rate per task and 1 list no rate. Listed pay is what the platform shows on the role: it is not guaranteed pay, and a role is not an acceptance.
Questions people ask
What work does Appen offer?
On 2026-10-09 it listed 54 contractor roles, mainly voice recording, speech collection, mobile data collection and transcription.
What does Appen pay?
Pay is per unit, per session or per hour and varies a lot by task, from about $0.030 per unit for voice recording to $40 for a Kansai dialect speaker. The amount is in each posting's text.
Is Appen legit?
Yes. It is an established data company that posts its roles on its own board.
Does this site list Appen jobs automatically?
Yes, in a separate language and voice section, from the public Lever feed.